Letter: The inner chaos that had been suffered by Sandip for nearly four decades, finally rested in Alisha, the identity she achieved after a gender change operation.
And when the new identity received a stamp of recognition from the government, it was really a layer of sugar on the cake for oriental therapist, who recently spent around Rs 8 Lakh to become a woman.
Alisha Patel became the first trans woman from the state to get a certificate issued by the government according to the new rules.
“It’s like rebirth.
I can now confidently claim my identity and do something as a woman I can’t do before,” Patel said.
He claimed that he knew that he was a woman from the inside of 12 years old.
“Instead of wearing a boy’s shorts, I like a long skirt in a school uniform but I can’t express myself,” said Patel, the youngest of the six sisters.
“My language language, interest, and how to talk convey that I will grow into a woman for my family,” he said.
Patel faced discrimination at school, also in college and at his workplace too.
“In the midst of the inner struggle, the support of my family and counseling by the psychiatrist helped me realize that I had gender divoria,” said Patel, who came out of the Diploma technique to study the art of oriental therapy – the subject of his interest.
“Previously, to get a transgender identity or trans woman was a long process.
But now it is easily done through online registration.
Alisha is the first trans woman in the state that gets this certificate,” said Lalji Patel, District Social Defense Officer, letter.